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From: rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards)
Subject: Re: Book on learning English accent?
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In article <4052tj$39o@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk>, donald@srd.bt.co.uk
(Donald Fisk) wrote:


> Margaret Thatcher's RP accent is *not* native.   It has quite a few
> features which are not typical of an RP accent, most notably use of
> glottal stop instead of connecting r.

What would her native accent be?  Does it contain linking r?
I can well imagine that if it is not native to her she would choose not to
acquire it.

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R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031
